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junkman wrote:Crap, Tri-State is my Grotto...
It looks like we will have to get a new canopy before OTR.
The one in the picture is our new one, I think this was the first time it was put up.
wendy wrote:cavedoc where are you when I need you. Last night my ankle was itching, so I scrathed it thinking it was just dry skin I put vit E lotoin on it, then it was burning, today it feels like needles scraping my skin and i got a weird rash. if i don't see it getting better in 2 days I'll go to the doc in the box back home
wendy wrote:Slept saturday night in South Pittsburg, TN which was killing me not having any contact info with me for th eChattanooga Grotto folks, I was wanting to go caving today. I even drive over to Cedar Ridge Crystal cave hoping to find some cavers there. I even cruised the Krystal's pakring lot cuz I know its a meeting point for morning cave trips.
Ended up at the TN aquarium, it was great.
Teresa wrote:wendy wrote:cavedoc where are you when I need you. Last night my ankle was itching, so I scrathed it thinking it was just dry skin I put vit E lotoin on it, then it was burning, today it feels like needles scraping my skin and i got a weird rash. if i don't see it getting better in 2 days I'll go to the doc in the box back home
I'm not cavedoc, nor do I play one on TV, but this sounds like poison ivy to me! There is a variety of poison ivy (sometimes called poison oak) which has exactly these symptoms. It's different from the run of the mill stuff, in that, before it is all over, it prickles like pins and needles, may actually hurt if touched, and will 'weep'-- that is, ooze a clear liquid, even if you usually aren't particularly susceptible to the leaflets three stuff. But it's not fatal as long as you aren't highly allergic, don't go into anaphylactic shock and is tolerable though you have to be careful that you don't spread it to other parts of your body by touching it.
Prescription: calamine lotion and Benadryl for the histamine reaction as long as you don't have an adverse reaction to either. Go for the doc in the box if it persists, but I betcha this is what ails you.
(I'm not practicing medicine--merely contributing an opinion based on personal experience.)
mgmills wrote:Geez Wendy - wish I'd known. I live 20 minutes from Cedar Ridge Crystal Cave. If you'd tried my cell phone though I'm not sure it would have worked. It got wet in the storm as it was in my bag in my tent. . . I hadn't taken it to the quarry with me.
wendy wrote:cavedoc where are you when I need you. Last night my ankle was itching, so I scrathed it thinking it was just dry skin I put vit E lotoin on it, then it was burning, today it feels like needles scraping my skin and i got a weird rash. if i don't see it getting better in 2 days I'll go to the doc in the box back home
Teresa wrote:On Thursday afternoon, in the Geo Section, Al Ogden said central KY was 10 to 12 inches short of rain...they probably aren't anymore, and they have US (not Sister Winkie) to thank!
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